1788 massachusetts commonwealth cent

Probably my last coin for the year and not one I expected to get any time soon, but the price was right

 

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Nice do you know the Variety ? Here's some good reading if you into the technical part of these coins . Massachusetts Coppers: Introduction (nd.edu)

 

I was already looking at those I believe I have and M9

 

Cool! I think these are my favorite state coinage design. Here's my specimen:

 

I'm pretty sure we have the same reverse (M) but I "think" your obv is 12 (so m12)
but is best guess but the arrow bunch on the reverse is M 100%

 

Cool looking not everyday mintage

 

I like the MA Copper as well but I'm a CT resident . So I have to go with the CT Copper .

 

Nice one. My state was part of Massachusetts until 1820 so I have one myself. A coin ive always liked

 

I'm from Massachusetts so I had to have some Massachusetts coinage. This my Massachusetts 1788 Cent. I have a nice Pine Tree Shilling but, don't have a picture of it.

 

Very nice looking. Glad you posted it.

 

Nice coins everyone. Thanks for posting them

 

Nice! I believe I sold this one some years back. I do like colonial coins.

 

I ended up picking one up years ago here from another member on this page. Not the best condition, but I've always wanted one and the price was affordable. Such a cool piece! I never tried to attribute it or anything. Not even sure if that is a planchette flaw on the reverse, or just wear.

1788- MA Obv by BostonCoins posted Feb 15, 2017 at 8:47 AM

1788 - MA Rev by BostonCoins posted Feb 15, 2017 at 8:47 AM

 

That was the first coin to carry the “cent” denomination. One of my favorite colonial designs. Mine is a VG and I’m in the market for an upgrade since I live in Massachusetts.

 

The interesting thing about mine is it was graded by Walter Breen:

 

Very nice, a scarce little grading certificate there.

 

This was my first Massachusetts Cent that I purchased in the 1980s. I have it listed as a Rider 6-N.



Here is my high grade example, which is a 1789. I believe that this a Ryder 1-D. The "closed S" in "Massachusetts" indicates that the dies for this coin were made by Jacob Perkins. Perkins made a name for himself later by his innovations in paper money production.

 

Not many people know that the Popham colony in Maine was established in 1607, some 13 years before the Plymouth colony. The Popham colony failed though, the colonists returned to England without deaths like the Roanoke, the Jamestown and the Plymouth colonies had.

 

Or cannibalism.

 

I have just started getting into early copper. I posted my 1788 Massachusetts cent earlier in this thread. I'm attaching a copper I recently acquired. 1785 Nova Const.